WO2023076734A1 - Boîtier de fibres optiques avec des tubes à fibres scellés à l'extérieur du boîtier - Google Patents

Boîtier de fibres optiques avec des tubes à fibres scellés à l'extérieur du boîtier Download PDF

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WO2023076734A1
WO2023076734A1 PCT/US2022/048602 US2022048602W WO2023076734A1 WO 2023076734 A1 WO2023076734 A1 WO 2023076734A1 US 2022048602 W US2022048602 W US 2022048602W WO 2023076734 A1 WO2023076734 A1 WO 2023076734A1
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Philippe COENEGRACHT
Olivier C. ROCHE
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    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/46Processes or apparatus adapted for installing or repairing optical fibres or optical cables
    • G02B6/50Underground or underwater installation; Installation through tubing, conduits or ducts
    • G02B6/52Underground or underwater installation; Installation through tubing, conduits or ducts using fluid, e.g. air
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    • G02OPTICS
    • G02BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
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  • the present disclosure relates to telecommunication enclosures for fiber optic systems.
  • An example blown fiber system can include a conduit through which one or more blown fiber tubes are routed at a first date.
  • the blown fiber tubes and the conduit extend between a first location (e.g., a more centralized location such as cabinet, hub, etc.) and a second location (e.g., a location closer to a periphery of the network than the first location and often in the vicinity of subscriber locations).
  • a first location e.g., a more centralized location such as cabinet, hub, etc.
  • a second location e.g., a location closer to a periphery of the network than the first location and often in the vicinity of subscriber locations.
  • optical fibers can be blown through the pre-installed blown fiber tubes from the first location to the second location.
  • the present disclosure relates to systems for sealing the ends of fiber tubes such as fiber tubes used to receive optic fibers (e.g., fiber cables).
  • the present disclosure also relates to systems for facilitating fixation of fiber tubes and fiber cables with respect to an enclosure.
  • inventive aspects can relate to individual features and to combinations of features. It is to be understood that both the forgoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the broad inventive concepts upon which the embodiments disclosed herein are based.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a fiber system in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure prior to deployment of optical fibers therein;
  • FIG. 2 depicts the fiber system of FIG. 1 after deployment of optical fibers therein;
  • FIG. 3 depicts another fiber system in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure prior to deployment of optical fibers therein;
  • FIG. 4 depicts the fiber system of FIG.3 after deployment of optical fibers therein;
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a fiber cable usable in systems in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 6 is a partially exploded view of a fiber tube sealing unit in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 7 is a view of an opposite side of the fiber tube sealing unit of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a partially exploded view of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 shows fiber sealing units in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure mounted to a mounting bracket
  • FIG. 10 shows the mounting bracket of FIG. 9 attached to a telecommunication housing
  • FIG. 11 depicts an example sealant arrangement for the fiber tube sealing unit of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 12 depicts another example sealant arrangement for fiber tube sealing units in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 13 is a side view of a fixation component in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the fixation component of FIG. 13;
  • FIG. 15 depicts the fixation component of FIGS 13 and 14 with a fiber tube and a fiber cable fixed thereto;
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 show the arrangement of FIG. 15 installed in a telecommunication housing;
  • FIG. 18 depicts a tube arrangement in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure;
  • FIG. 19 depicts the tube arrangement of FIG. 18 secured to a first mounting bracket adapted for facilitating attaching the tube arrangement to a bracket arrangement of an enclosure;
  • FIG. 20 depicts the tube arrangement of FIG. 18 secured to a bracket arrangement of an enclosure and also secured to a tube sealing unit, tubes of the tube arrangement are shown extending through a sealing module of a cable sealing arrangement of the enclosure;
  • FIG. 21 depicts the tube arrangement of FIG. 18 secured to a bracket arrangement of an enclosure and also secured to a tube sealing unit, tubes of the tube arrangement are shown terminating before entering a sealing module of a cable sealing arrangement of the enclosure.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an example fiber system 20 in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure prior to optical fibers being deployed through the system.
  • the system 20 includes a first location 22 and a second location 24.
  • a conduit 26 e.g., an underground conduit
  • the conduit 26 contains a plurality of fiber tubes 28 routed through the conduit 26 between the first and second locations 22, 24.
  • the fiber tubes 28 are blown fiber tubes configured for allowing optical fibers (e.g., blown optical fiber cables 29) to be blown therethrough to deploy the optical fibers.
  • each fiber tube has an outer diameter of about 7 millimeters (mm) and an inner diameter of about 4 mm.
  • each fiber tube has an outer diameter of about 5 mm and an inner diameter of about 3 millimeters.
  • fiber cables such as the cable 29 depicted at FIG. 5 are routed through the fiber tubes.
  • the cables 29 are deployed through the fiber tubes 28 by blowing, but in other examples the cables could be pushed or pulled through the fiber tubes 28.
  • the cables 29 can have an outer diameter less than or equal to 2 millimeters.
  • the cable 29 includes an optical fiber 31 contained within a jacket 33, and also includes tensile reinforcing elements 35 such as yam (e.g., aramid yam) within the jacket 33.
  • yam e.g., aramid yam
  • the first location 22 is more centrally located in the network than the second location 24 and the second location 24 is closer to a periphery of the network than the first location 22.
  • the first location 22 is a fiber distribution point such as a cabinet or hub and the second location 24 is in the vicinity of subscriber locations or future subscriber locations.
  • a plurality of the fiber tubes is routed through the conduit for providing fiber optic service to different locations along the length of the conduit 26.
  • the fiber tubes 28 each include a first end 30 that can be accessed at the first location 22 and a second end 32 that can be accessed adjacent the second location 24. It will be appreciated that the fiber tubes 28 can also be routed through or to additional structures such as enclosures/terminals, hand holes and the like.
  • Figure 1 shows the system 20 at the time of initial deployment in which a telecommunication enclosure 50 has been installed at the second location 24.
  • the telecommunication enclosure 50 can contain fiber optic components such as fiber storage structures, splice trays, passive optical power splitters and wavelength division multiplexers.
  • optical fibers routed through fiber tubes can be optically coupled to the input of a passive optical splitter having outputs that are optically connected to optical fibers routed to subscriber locations (e.g., through blown fiber tubes integrated with the enclosure, or via optical cables routed into the enclosure or coupled to the enclosure at hardened adapter ports).
  • the optical fiber can be spliced directly to an optical fiber routed to a subscriber location via a fiber tube or through a cable routed into the enclosure or coupled to the enclosure at a hardened adapter port.
  • the enclosure 50 includes a telecommunication housing 100 defining an interior 102.
  • the telecommunication housing 100 includes a cable entrance location 104 at which a cable sealing arrangement 106 is located for sealing about cables routed through the cable entrance location 104 into the interior 102 of the telecommunication housing 100.
  • the cable sealing arrangement 106 includes sealing gel such as thermoplastic elastomeric gel or silicone gel that may be arranged as a sealing block including one or more gel sealing modules.
  • the enclosure 50 also includes a cable fixation region 108 located within the interior of the telecommunication housing 100.
  • the telecommunication housing 100 is shown mounted to another structure 101 such as a pole, wall, cable, carrier wire, hand-hole or the like.
  • the system 20 also includes a tube sealing unit 110 for receiving ends 112 of a plurality of the fiber tubes 28.
  • the tube sealing unit 110 is located outside the telecommunication housing 100 and includes sealant (e.g., an elastomeric material such as gel) for sealing the ends of the fiber tubes 28.
  • sealant e.g., an elastomeric material such as gel
  • the tube sealing unit 110 is supported by the telecommunication housing 100 (e.g., the weight of the tube sealing unit 110 is transferred through the telecommunication housing to the structure 101).
  • the tube sealing unit 110 can be mounted to the telecommunication housing 100 by an intermediate bracket, flange, or other structure.
  • FIG. 2 shows the system 20 after the fiber cables 29 have been deployed.
  • the fiber tubes 28 have ends 112 located within the tube sealing unit 110 that are sealed by the sealant of the tube sealing unit 110.
  • the fiber cables 29 extend through the fiber tubes 28 and out of the ends 112 of fiber tubes 28.
  • the fiber cables 29 extend through the sealant of the tube sealing unit 110 and out of the tube sealing unit 110.
  • the fiber cables 29 extend from the tube sealing unit 110 into the interior 102 of the telecommunication housing 100 through the cable sealing arrangement 106 which provides sealing about the fiber cables 29.
  • the fiber cables 29 are fixed relative to the telecommunication housing 100 at the cable fixation region 108 within the interior of the housing 100.
  • the jacket and/or the strength elements of the fiber cable 29 are secured relative to the telecommunication housing 100 by strapping, clamping, tying or other techniques.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 depict another system 220 in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure.
  • the system 220 has the same configuration as the system 20, except the tube sealing unit 110 is not supported by the telecommunication housing 100 and is separately mounted to and supported by a structure 101.
  • the structure 101 can be the same structure that the terminal housing 100 is mounted to, or a different structure.
  • Protective tubes 130 are routed between the tube sealing unit 110 and the telecommunication housing 100 for protecting the portions of the fiber cables 29 that extend between the tube sealing unit 110 and the telecommunication housing 100. In certain examples, the protective tubes 130 are more flexible than the fiber tubes 28.
  • the protective tubes 130 each have a wrap-around configuration which allows the tubes 130 to be opened along their lengths (e.g., along a longitudinal seam) to allow the fiber cables 29 to be laterally inserted into the tubes 130.
  • FIGS. 6-8 depict an example version of the tube sealing unit 110.
  • the tube sealing unit 110 includes a tube sealing housing 140 defining a plurality of tube receiving locations 142 each configured for receiving one of the fiber tubes.
  • the tube sealing unit 110 also includes sealant 144 (e.g., an elastomeric material such as a sealing gel) within the tube sealing housing 140 for sealing the ends of the fiber tubes 28 within the tube sealing housing 140.
  • the tube sealing housing 140 can have a molded plastic configuration and can include a plurality of housing pieces that are joined together (e.g., clamped together by fasteners 146 such as bolts, latches, or other structures) to pressurize the sealant 144 and cause the sealant to deform about the ends 112 of the fiber tubes 28 to provide sealing.
  • the tube sealing housing 140 includes three pieces 140a, 140b, 140c (e.g., segments) each including corresponding sections of sealant 144a, 144b, 144c between which the ends 112 of the fiber tubes 28 are sealed.
  • FIG. 12 depicts a tube sealing housing 140 having two housing pieces 140a, 140b containing three layers 144a, 144b, 144c of sealant 144 between which the ends 112 of the fiber tubes 28 are sealed.
  • the tube sealing unit 110 includes tube fixation structures 150 at each of the tube receiving locations 142 for securing the fiber tubes 28 to the tube sealing housing 140.
  • the tube fixation structures 150 include blades adapted to embed within the fiber tube 28 to provide axial retention of the fiber tubes 28.
  • the fixations structures can include locations for clamping, tying, or strapping the fiber tube 28 to the tube sealing housing 140.
  • the tube fixation structures 150 are at one side 152 of the tube sealing housing 140 and the fiber cables 29 exit the tube sealing housing 140 at an opposite side 154 of the tube sealing housing 140.
  • Fixation structures 156 can be provided at the side 154 for attaching the protective tubes 130 to the tube sealing housing 140. It will be appreciated that protective tubes would typically be used in the system 220 of FIGS. 3 and 4, and preferably would not be used when the tube sealing housing 140 is mounted to the telecommunication housing 100.
  • the fixation structure 156 can be removeable.
  • the tube sealing housing 140 can be mounted to the telecommunication housing 100 or the structure 101 either directly or through an intermediate structure such as a bracket 160 (See FIGS. 9 and 10).
  • the tube sealing housing 140 can includes latches, snaps, fastener openings, fastening tabs or other structure for facilitating attaching the tube sealing housing 140 to the telecommunication housing 100 or the structure 101.
  • the tube sealing housing 140 can be considered as a module and can be used in combination with other types of modules having different functionality.
  • the bracket 160 is configured to mount to the telecommunication housing 100 and defines a plurality of module mounting locations 160a-160f Two of the tube sealing modules 140 and one cable anchoring module 170 are shown concurrently secured to the bracket 160 at FIG. 10.
  • the telecommunication housing 100 has a base 72 and a cover 74 (e.g., a dome).
  • the base and the cover can be coupled together in a manner that allows the base and the cover to be detached from one another to access the interior of the housing 100.
  • latches 76 can be provided for latching the base 72 and the cover 74 together.
  • clamps, fasteners such as bolts or other structures can be used to secure the base 72 and the cover 74 together.
  • a perimeter seal e.g., a gasket
  • the cable sealing arrangement 106 can be housed in the base 72.
  • FIGS. 16 and 17 depict an enclosure 300 including a telecommunication housing 302 defining an interior 304.
  • the telecommunication housing 302 includes a cable entrance location 306 at which a cable sealing arrangement 308 is located for sealing about the fiber cables 29 when the fiber cables 29 are routed through the cable entrance location 306 into the interior 304 of the telecommunication housing 302.
  • the enclosure 300 includes a cable fixation region 310 located within the interior 304 of the telecommunication housing 302 for securing the fiber cables 29 with respect to the telecommunication housing 302.
  • the enclosure 300 also including a fiber tube fixation region 312 located outside the telecommunication housing 302 for securing the fiber tubes 28 with respect to the terminal housing 302.
  • the cable fixation region 310 has a plurality of cable fixation stations 314 at which cable fixation modules 316 can be mounted (e.g., by an interlocked connection such as a snap-fit or latched interlock or a slide interlock) and the fiber tube fixation region 312 includes a plurality of fiber tube fixation stations 318 at which fiber tube fixation modules 320 can be mounted (e.g., by an interlocked connection such as a snap-fit or latched interlock).
  • Each of the cable fixation stations 314 is spaced from a corresponding one of the fiber tube fixations stations 318 by a first spacing S.
  • the module interlocks can be engaged by vertically pressing the modules into their corresponding fixation stations.
  • the system also includes a fixation component 330 including a fiber tube fixation module 332 and a cable fixation module 334 connected by a bridge 336 that spaces the fiber tube fixation module 332 and the cable fixation module 334 apart a distance equal to the first spacing S.
  • a fixation component 330 including a fiber tube fixation module 332 and a cable fixation module 334 connected by a bridge 336 that spaces the fiber tube fixation module 332 and the cable fixation module 334 apart a distance equal to the first spacing S.
  • a fiber tube 28 can be attached to the fiber tube fixation module 332 (e.g., by strapping, tying, clamping, interlocking with a blade, etc.) and a fiber cable 29 can be attached to the cable fixation module (e.g., by strapping, tying, clamping).
  • the fixation component 330 can be used to install the fiber tube fixation module 332 at one of the fiber tube fixation stations 318 and the cable fixation module 334 at a corresponding one of the cable fixation stations 314.
  • the bridge 336 pre-provides the suitable spacing S with the modules 332, 334 pre-positioned such that the cable 29 has minimal to no slack when the modules 332, 334 are attached at their respective fixation stations within the enclosure.
  • the end of the fiber tube 28 is spaced away from the outer containment wall 340 for containing the cable sealing arrangement 308. In other examples, the tube end of the fiber tube 28 is in close proximity to the outer containment wall 340.
  • the tube end of the fiber tube 28 fits within a receptacle (e.g., a tapered receptacle) defined by the outer containment wall 340 so that the fiber cable 29 is supported by the tube 28 to the cable sealant to reinforce the fiber cable 29 against buckling caused by temperature-based expansion/contraction of the fiber tube 28.
  • a receptacle e.g., a tapered receptacle
  • the bridge 336 extends across the cable sealing arrangement 308 when the fiber tube fixation module 332 and the fiber cable fixation module 334 are being installed at their respective stations. Once the fiber tube fixation module 332 and the fiber cable fixation module 334 are fixed relative to the telecommunication housing 100 at their respective stations, they are fixed in place by the telecommunication housing 100 such that the spacing S is set. Thus, the bridge 336 is no longer needed and can be removed (e.g., by a break-away feature, cutting, etc.) to facilitate sealing at the cable sealing arrangement 308. Thus, the bridge 336 can be removed prior to capturing the cables 29 within the cable sealing arrangement 308. In other examples, the bridge 336 can remain place and the cable sealing arrangement can seal about the bridge 336.
  • Figure 18 depicts a tube arrangement 400 in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure that can include protective tubes 130 of the type previously described herein.
  • the protective tubes 130 can be configured for protecting portions 29a of the fiber cables 29.
  • the portions 29a (See FIG. 4) can be configured to extend between the tube sealing unit 110 and the terminal housing 100.
  • the protective tubes 130 including lengths LI that extend between first tube ends 402 and opposite second tube ends 404.
  • the tube arrangement 400 also includes first and second fixation blocks 406, 408 molded over the protective tubes 130.
  • the first and second fixation blocks 406, 408 are separated by one another by a spacing L2 that coincides with at least a majority of the length LI of the protective tubes 130.
  • the protective tubes 130 include first end portions 410 that project axially outwardly from the first fixation block 406 to the first tube ends 402 and the protective tubes 130 include second end portions 412 that project axially outwardly from the second fixation block 408 to the second tube ends 404.
  • the first and second fixation blocks 406, 408 have molded plastic constructions and each includes a main block body 414 overmolded about the protective tubes 130.
  • the first and second fixation blocks 406, 408 also include resilient, tapered boots 416 corresponding to each of the protective tubes 130.
  • the boots 416 are molded around the protective tubes 130 and provide bend protection to the protective tubes 130.
  • the boots 416 project from the main block bodies 414 and each surrounds a corresponding one of the protective tubes 130.
  • the boots 416 are each unitarily formed with a corresponding one of the main block bodies 414.
  • the boots 416 are positioned between the spaced-apart main block bodies 414 of the fixation blocks 406, 408 and each extends along a portion of the spacing L2.
  • the boots 416 of the first fixation block 406 extend from the main block body 414 of the first fixation block 406 along the spacing L2 toward the second fixation block 408, and the boots 416 of the second fixation block 408 extend from the main block body 414 of the second fixation block 408 along the spacing L2 toward the first fixation block 406.
  • the fixation blocks 406, 408 can also include mechanical interconnect features 418 (e.g., recesses, receptacles, snaps, latches, shoulders, projections, detents, tabs, grooves, etc.) that are unitarily formed with the main block bodies 414 for facilitating mechanically coupling the fixation blocks to brackets such as brackets 420a, 420b.
  • Bracket 420a can be configured for coupling the first fixation block 406 to the bracket arrangement 160 of the enclosure 50 and the bracket 420b can be configured for coupling the second fixation block 408 to the tube sealing unit 110.
  • the bracket 420a can attach to the first fixation block 406 by a connection such as a snap-fit connection arrangement.
  • the bracket 420a includes linear guides (e.g., rails or grooves) that mate with corresponding linear guide (e.g., rails or grooves) defined by the bracket arrangement 160.
  • the bracket 420a is retained within a module mounting location 422 (e.g., a receptacle, a pocket, etc.) of the bracket arrangement 160 by latches or other type of snap-fit connection arrangement.
  • cable fixation modules 424 can also be mounted at the module mounting locations 422 with the brackets 420a and the cable fixation modules 424 being interchangeably mountable at the module mounting locations 422.
  • the bracket 420b can be configured for coupling to the tube sealing unit 110 by a mechanical connection arrangement such as a snap fit connection arrangement. With both the tube sealing unit 110 and the second fixation block 408 attached to the bracket 420b, the bracket 420b functions to couple the tube sealing unit 110 and the second fixation block 408 together.
  • multiple fixations blocks 406, 408 corresponding to different ones of the tube assemblies 400 can be stacked within the brackets 420a, 420b such that the brackets coupled the tube assemblies 400 together in a stacked configuration.
  • the first tube ends 402 are positioned adjacent to the cable sealing arrangement 106 and the second tube ends 404 are sealed within the tube sealing unit 110 in co-axial alignment with ends of the fiber tubes 28 that are also sealed within the tube sealing unit 110.
  • the first tube ends 402 stop short of the cable sealing arrangement 106 and are not sealed within the cable sealing arrangement 106, and the cables 29 pass through the cable sealing arrangement 106 and are directly contacted and sealed by the cable sealing arrangement 106.
  • FIG. 21 In the installation configuration of FIG.
  • the protective tubes 130 extend through the cable sealing arrangement 106 (e.g., through a sealing module of the cable sealing arrangement 106 as depicted) such that the cable sealing arrangement 106 contacts and seals around the protective tubes 130.
  • the cables 29 pass through the cable sealing arrangement 106 while being contained within the protective tubes 130 such that the protective tubes 130 prevent contact between the cables 29 and the sealant of the cable sealing arrangement 106.
  • the protective tubes 130 can be more flexible than the fiber tubes 28.

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La présente divulgation concerne des systèmes pour sceller les extrémités de tubes à fibres, tels que des tubes à fibres utilisés pour recevoir des fibres optiques soufflées (par exemple, des câbles à fibres). La présente divulgation concerne également des systèmes pour faciliter la fixation de tubes à fibres et de câbles à fibres par rapport à un boîtier.
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